Hi,
In my house the dinning room, kitchen and kitchen utility room are all separate, i'm planning to knock them all into 1 big dinning kitchen. To do this I need to remove 2 interior walls.
How can I tell if these walls are load bearing or not? one of the walls runs the opposite way from the floor and ceiling joists, both the walls needing removed are wooden frames with plasterboard, all interior walls in the house are constructed this way. The house is a bungalow.
If these walls are not load bearing, do I need planning permission to remove them?
I've added some drawings so you can see what I mean as i'm not too good at explaining things, as you can see the living room is the same size as the area I want to create which makes me think there shouldn't be a problem regarding load bearing walls...
What I have now....
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What I want to do....
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Thanks
In my house the dinning room, kitchen and kitchen utility room are all separate, i'm planning to knock them all into 1 big dinning kitchen. To do this I need to remove 2 interior walls.
How can I tell if these walls are load bearing or not? one of the walls runs the opposite way from the floor and ceiling joists, both the walls needing removed are wooden frames with plasterboard, all interior walls in the house are constructed this way. The house is a bungalow.
If these walls are not load bearing, do I need planning permission to remove them?
I've added some drawings so you can see what I mean as i'm not too good at explaining things, as you can see the living room is the same size as the area I want to create which makes me think there shouldn't be a problem regarding load bearing walls...
What I have now....
View media item 22926
What I want to do....
View media item 22927
Thanks